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Englerophytum

Englerophytum
Photo: Karen Wiebe, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Sapotaceae (Sapot family)
Grows as
Tree

About

Englerophytum is a group of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1914.

Englerophytum consists primarily of trees. Their leaves are leathery with dense appressed hairs on the undersides. The genus is widespread across tropical and southern Africa. It is found in the countries of Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa ( KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province and Northern Provinces) Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Other Englerophytum plants

Bushveld Milkplum · Silver Leaved Milkplum · Englerophytum paludosum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Englerophytum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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